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    I flip the breaker, btu I'm positive it won't turn on and freeze itself. It won't even turn on when it's 15deg outside and our upstairs is heating up haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 88CRX View Post
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    I thought the breaker switch was mostly if you run a winter cover... you need to avoid firing it up with the cover on it (obviously).
    Mostly for repairmen to not require you to be there while they fix your shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tik-Tok View Post
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    Mostly for repairmen to not require you to be there while they fix your shit.
    You're thinking of the outside breaker - there will also be one inside on your electrical panel, at least that's how I've always seen it done and that's how mine is done.

    I just flip the breaker on my panel in the basement before Winter and leave the exterior one alone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jwslam View Post
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    Per above you'll want to start with tinting the windows
    Because they're crank type, you won't be able to get a window unit. You're stuck with portable.
    For the portable, the exhaust hose will require some fabricated panel.
    https://www.thehandymansdaughter.com...r-conditioner/

    I've got this one I could sell. Used for 2 seasons. Cooled a 250sqft north facing room in about an hour before bed.
    PM if interested.
    https://www.visions.ca/catalogue/cat...RoCDQIQAvD_BwE
    Regarding tint...
    There is zero chance I'd pay someone $500 to put it on the outside before I spent $12 to apply normal tint on the inside, myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    Is it blowing cold from the vents?

    If so it’s probably the capability of the unit. Once it’s hot and the suns still up it’s actually pretty tough to drop the temp in the house.
    A/C design spec is normally 12°C supply air and you should feel the air blowing with your hand 3-4’ above the floor vent. If these are true, the system is doing all it can.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darell_n View Post
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    A/C design spec is normally 12°C supply air and you should feel the air blowing with your hand 3-4’ above the floor vent. If these are true, the system is doing all it can.
    Nope. I opened up the access panel, and I can see the evap coil is absolutely covered in ice. Google tells me that means the refrigerant is low, and to turn off the A/C and either run the fan, or the heat for a bit to melt it.
    I set the A/C to 20* today, just to keep the house where it's at, and after running all afternoon, it's gone up 0.5*, so before I call reliance, anyone have a good hvac dude? I doubt anything would be covered by warranty at this point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by riander5 View Post
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    What unit did you get?
    @riander5 Danby something or other from Costco.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    Regarding tint...
    There is zero chance I'd pay someone $500 to put it on the outside before I spent $12 to apply normal tint on the inside, myself.
    It's a completely different product, it's not like vehicle tint at all. At least that was the case with the stuff I was looking at. If you find some for anywhere near $12 let me know haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mitsu3000gt View Post
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    It's a completely different product, it's not like vehicle tint at all. At least that was the case with the stuff I was looking at. If you find some for anywhere near $12 let me know haha.
    I'm sure it is, but why not try something that's about $1/sq-ft and is installed on the inside.
    https://www.homedepot.ca/product/gil...ilm/1000686188

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier View Post
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    I'm sure it is, but why not try something that's about $1/sq-ft and is installed on the inside.
    https://www.homedepot.ca/product/gil...ilm/1000686188
    I don't see a solar rejection rate on that stuff, but I may have missed it. For my application anyway, the goal isn't privacy, it's to reflect as much heat energy as possible because I am seeing temps of over 60C behind my blinds and it overpowers my A/C. To my knowledge anyway, an interior film isn't well suited for that purpose and if it's anything like car tint, removing it is a truly awful job haha.

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    If there's a really great exterior film , I am in for professional install. Have two massive south-facing 2nd floor windows that are full sun all day. Have triple-pane windows so interior film is a no-go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mitsu3000gt View Post
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    I don't see a solar rejection rate on that stuff, but I may have missed it. For my application anyway, the goal isn't privacy, it's to reflect as much heat energy as possible because I am seeing temps of over 60C behind my blinds and it overpowers my A/C. To my knowledge anyway, an interior film isn't well suited for that purpose and if it's anything like car tint, removing it is a truly awful job haha.
    Tint rejects heat. Think how much cooler your car is compared to without tint.
    Are there superior products from NASA that reject heat better? Yes. Bring money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ExtraSlow View Post
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    If there's a really great exterior film , I am in for professional install. Have two massive south-facing 2nd floor windows that are full sun all day. Have triple-pane windows so interior film is a no-go.
    These guys say yes!

    https://www.yyctint.ca/installing-wi...le-pane-glass/

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    Quote Originally Posted by suntan View Post
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    This is who I contacted to do mine - I will try remember to report back here when it's done. My reference point for temperature reduction is 60.4C (max) that I measured behind the blinds on my bedroom window on the weekend when it was 27C or so outside in the evening when it's the worst. I am expecting a pretty dramatic reduction based on what they told me. $500 for a large window that requires scaffolding (and other skills I don't have haha) to install seemed like a pretty good deal.

    I'm not worried about it, but I did call Lux and they told me it would void my warranty on that window. Off the record they told me it should be completely fine though, if anything better because it will see less dramatic temperature swings. So if you have a super expensive custom window or something, maybe you want to maintain your warranty but that's a risk I'm happy to take to sleep cooler.

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    whats the ballpark cost for that stuff? hundred bucks a window? five hundred?
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ExtraSlow View Post
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    whats the ballpark cost for that stuff? hundred bucks a window? five hundred?
    I got a quote for ~85% rejection exterior film and my window is a big rectangle made up of 3 panes, roughly 62" X 66" (total size) and the quote is $550 + GST installed w/warranty. It's on the second floor so they do need to set up scaffolding to install it.

    Interior film was $400 but not as good if the goal is maximum heat rejection and I don't love the idea of all the heat still coming through the window before it hits the film.

    There is really tall 3-storey infill on my street with literally the entire front of the home being glass on all floors, West facing, and I noticed they were getting exterior tint film installed last week but I couldn't tell which company was doing it. I bet their place was disgustingly hot.
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    I was quoted between $1400-$1600 for 1/2 of my west facing windows (6 panes, about 3'x6' each) with 50-60% solar energy rejection, so between cost and voiding warranty tint was a non-starter for me.
    Getting a/c installed by W&J as I type this.
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    Those kinds of costs would take a lot of big AC bills to pay back.
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    Free heat from Sun in winter is free heat. I don't think I'd want something so incredibly effective in our climate. I would sure AF not want 60°C in summer though!

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    Heating 1 degree is cheaper than cooling 1 degree. But yeah, a thousand bucks of tint doesn't seem like it'd ever pay out.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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